Myanmar releases 4 foreigners in broad prisoner amnesty

Japanese Toru Kubota speaks to reporters at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Myanmar's military-controlled government announced Thursday it was releasing and deporting an Australian academic, Japanese filmmaker Kubota, an ex-British diplomat and an American as part of a broad prisoner amnesty marking the country’s National Victory Day.(Kyodo News via AP)